GE Vocab Flashcards
Nettles
A jagged leaf plant with stinging hairs
Lozenges
A charge in the shape of a rhombus
Dikes
A long wall created to prevent flooding
Larceny
Theft of property
Consternation
Feelings of anxiety or dismay at something unexpected
Imbrue
To stain
Imprecation
A spoken curse
Penitential
An expression of repentance and regret
Exonerated
Free of guilt or blame
Catechism
A book with the summary of the principles of the Christian religion
Purblind
Nearly or partially blind
Erudition
Knowledge acquired by study
Uncongenial
Unfriendly not pleasant to be near
Ablution
The act of washing oneself
Farinaceous
Having a mealy texture, made of flour
Corduroys
Trousers made with cotton filling pile fabric
Gormandize
To eat ravenously or greedily
Propound
To put forward for consideration
Capricious
Erratic
Metaphysics
Underlying theoretical principles of a subject of inquiry
Felicitous
Well chosen for the circumstances
Derision
Contemptuous ridicule or mockery
Pervade
Spread through, and perceived in every part
Bereave
Be deprived of a loved one through a scene
